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Survey of Mycotoxins in Corn Distillers’ Dried Grains with Solubles from Seventy-Eight Ethanol Plants in Twelve States in the U.S. in 2011

Fuel ethanol co-products known as distillers’ dried grains with solubles (DDGS) are a significant source of energy, protein, and phosphorous in animal feed. Fuel ethanol production may concentrate mycotoxins present in corn into DDGS. One...

Dr. Ram Singh Bibyan (India)

Technical publication

Mycotoxicosis and its Management in Poultry

Mould infection of crops (feedstuffs) can occur in the field, during harvesting, drying, storage and during processing. Similarly, mycotoxin production can occur at one or all of these stages. Mould can cause...

Stoycho Stoev (Bulgaria)

Technical publication

Complex Etiology, Prophylaxis and Hygiene Control in Mycotoxic Nephropathies in Farm Animals and Humans

The mycotoxic nephropathy (MN) is a renal disorder caused by alimentary ingestion of secondary fungal metabolites possessing nephrotoxic properties and encountered in feeds/foods/forages made mainly from cereals or fibrous plants, and kept in...

Doc Mthiyane (Swaziland)

Technical publication

Nutritive value of marula and mycotoxin status

This study was undertaken to investigate the nutritional composition and oxidative and mycotoxin status of MSC and performance and carcass characteristics of broilers fed maize-based diets supplemented with graded levels of MSC at finisher...

Charles Hurburgh (United States)

Technical publication

Crop Quality Hurt by Rains

Corn moisture contents vary widely but field mold is showing up. Most field molds grow on corn after blacklayer; rapid drydown normally prevents significant further problems. Fields should be scouted for molds because some species have...

Dr. Ram Singh Bibyan (India)

Technical publication

Amelioration of Aflatoxicosis in Coloured Broiler Chickens by Dietary Butylated Hydroxytoluene

Among the many compounds examined so far for the prevention of aflatoxicosis in poultry, antioxidants are being considered due to their ability to reduce disease formation by either induction or inhibition of key enzyme systems. The synthetic...

Heidi Schwartz (Austria)

Technical publication

Metabolism of Zearalenone and Its Major Modified Forms in Pigs

ZEN can frequently be found in grains and cereals, in particular in wheat, corn, and products thereof [7]. In addition, plants and fungi can metabolize ZEN by attaching polar residues, like glucose or sulfate. Mycotoxin conjugates formed by...

Sangita Jalukar (United States)

Technical publication

What are Refined Functional Carbohydrates (RFC™) and How Do They Promote Gut Health?

Imminent VFD regulations are anticipated to create challenging conditions for dairy producers. Yeast products are one of the many options that are being explored to overcome these challenges. There is a wide range of yeasts and yeast-derived...

Life Rainbow

Technical publication

Mycotoxin in feed; Annual survey in 2018 -Taiwan

In 2018, 430 randomly collected feed samples of raw materials and feed mills in farms were analyzed. Samples were tested for aflatoxins (B1, B2, G1, and G2), zearalenone, fumonisins (B1, B2, and B3) and deoxynivalenol by the ELISA Mycotoxin...

Trevor Smith (Canada)

Video publishing

Analysis of feedstuffs for mycotoxins

Trevor Smith (University of Guelph) spoke on the research of emerging mycotoxins and the use of LC/MS/MS to detect them, during IPPE 2019 in Atlanta, USA...

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